examples: authentic tasks: technology (drafting III - creating a floor plan) (Authentic Assessment Toolbox)

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Creating a Floor Plan Task

Content Outcomes:

Set up a template in AutoCAD for a given drawing
Use an architectural scale fluently
Identify structure related problems in blueprints
Analyze the importance of building codes

Process Outcomes:

Use communication skills in a team meeting
Accept responsibilities and meet deadlines
Apply problem solving skills in various situations
Practice oral communication skills

Task: To design a first draft floor plan that meets all building codes, is creative, and architecturally sound.

Task overview: The students will be given a scenario that they have been given the job to design a floor plan for the Jones family. They will be given a deadline and be asked to make the floor plan wheel chair accessible because one of the family members that the floor plan is for is in a wheel chair. The students will also have to make sure that the design meets all building code requirements.

Creating a Floor Plan (Student Handout)

Scenario: You are sitting in your office when you receive a phone call from Mr. Jones. He wants you to design a floor plan for him and his family. The following are the criteria he wants you to meet.

Criteria:

Must have four bedrooms
House must be completely wheelchair accessible
Three car garage
Master suite with master bedroom
Full basement
One or two story house
Fireplace in family room
Big kitchen

Mr. Jones has also informed you that he has asked a few other comapnies to do a design for him. He wants all designs to be submitted to him no later than three weeks from today. If you want to make your client happy, here is what he will be looking for.

Creating a Floor Plan

Group Name ________________

Group Members _________________ __________________ __________________ ____________________ ____________________

Criteria	5	4	3	2	1
Blueprint title block	Excellent title block laid out well		Average title block		Poorly designed title block
All building codes are met	All aspects of floor plan meet all local codes		Most aspects of floor plan meet all local codes		Very few aspects of floor plan meet local codes
House is wheelchair accessible	House is completely wheelchair accessible		Some areas in house are wheelchair accessible		No attempt to make house wheelchair accessible
All criteria met X3	All criteria was met for design of floor plan		Most criteria was met for design of floor plan		Very little criteria was met for design of floor plan
Set of plans turned in on time X2	Plans were completed and turned in on time				Plans were not completed and turned in on time
			Total ____/40 pts

Copyright 2013, Jon Mueller. Professor of Psychology, North Central College, Naperville, IL. Comments, questions or suggestions about this website should be sent to the author, Jon Mueller, at jfmueller@noctrl.edu.